Project Implementation Engineer - District ; Civil Engineer Vii

Job Requisition :48645 - 25-00035
Closing Date: 08/06/2025
Agency:Department of Transportation
Class Title:CIVIL ENGR. VII - PW117
Salary: $8,270 - $13, 705 Monthly
Job Type: Salaried
Category:Full Time
County: Jackson
Number of Vacancies: 1
Bargaining Unit Code: Non-Union/At Will

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Position Overview:

This position is accountable for planning, directing, and coordinating the construction and materials supervision and inspection for state highway improvements, and for state and federally funded local agency improvement projects in the district.

This position reports to the Region Five Engineer. Reporting to this position are the Engineers of Materials, Construction, and Local Roads and Streets, the Implementation Support Technician, and an Executive Secretary.

This position functions in a diverse geographical area which requires a wide variety of construction supervision and material inspection on state projects, and state, federally and Motor Fuel Tax (MFT) funded local agency projects. This is politically sensitive and poses unusual problems of highway safety and effective movement of traffic through construction areas. These conditions create unusual problems in the effective scheduling of available manpower and other resources to ensure the timely and effective accomplishment of material inspection and construction supervision.

The complexity of the district highway system requires an incumbent with a high level of technical competence in the project implementation area. This position serves as spokesperson to the public, legislators and various local governmental agencies regarding projects which at times can be controversial involving construction delays, detour issues, etc. The incumbent exercises significant discretion for the regular and daily implementation of policy and strategy as directed by executive staff.

The Project Implementation Engineer is expected to exercise significant discretion for the regular and daily implementation of policy and strategy as directed by executive staff.

Typical problems encountered in this position include providing for the proper coordination of agencies and personnel that are involved in almost every project; maintaining continuous contact with the media, local agencies, abutting property owners, and the political directorate to inform them of construction progress and prognosis and ensure that temporary traffic control procedures and detour provisions ensure optimum safety to the traveling public and the effective movement of traffic through the construction area.

This position plans, directs, and coordinates the implementation of projects each year, which requires additional overview with detailed construction supervision activities on projects performed by consultant personnel. The greatest challenge to this position is to ensure effective and timely project…